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'Routes in Arabia' [18] (51/852)
The record is made up of 1 volume (425 folios). It was created in 1915. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Route No. 6— contd.
Water. —Abundant throughout.
Fuel and Fodder.—Abundant throughout.
Supplies. — En route, except fuel and fodder, nil.
N 0 - olstaf I Details,
and total
distance.
NEJEF
See, Route No. 4,
Kerbela-Nejef.
1 KIFL • • • • 18 m. North by east.
At mile 7 the Si'adah
"llTui' canal, empty and brok
en, is crossed with difficulty ; and the country, hitherto desert,
changes to fertile cultivated land and pasture.
\t mile 8 the Shatt-al-Mulla, a canal from the Shatt-al-
Hindivah is crossed; at this point it has easy sloping banks and
the water in it runs 50 yards wide and 2 feet deep. » From the
Shatt al-Mulla the road runs eastwards to mile 8| to the right
bank of the Shatt -al-Hindiyah, following which in an upward
direction to about mile 13 the village of 'Amran is passed, lying
about half a mile to the westward. The way continues up the
riaht bank of the Hindiyah until a point opposite to Kifl on the
left bank is reached ; at this spot the Hindiyah is 200 yards wide.
The minaret of Kifl comes in sight shortly after the departure
from Nejef, and Khan Musalla, on the Kerbela-Nejef road, is
described to the left soon after striking the Hindiyah.
O TAWAIRIJ .. 13 m. North-north-west.
To about mile 5 the
m road still follows the right
bank of the Hindiyah ; but beyond that place unbridged canals
from the river make a diversion to the left necessary. At mile
11 from Kifl the road has diverged from the Hindiyah 3 miles
to westward: and Birs Nimrud and Khan Hamad are then,
inDarently, both visible, the former on the right and the
latter on the left hand. At mile 20 the Shatt-al-Mulla, here
a large canal 40 yards wide and 8 feet deep, is crossed at a
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This volume contains descriptions of the 'more important of the known routes in Arabia proper' produced by the General Staff in Simla, India. It is divided up as follows:
Part I - Routes in North-Eastern, Eastern, and Southern Arabia.
Part II - Routes in South-Western, Western, and North-Western Arabia.
Part III - Miscellaneous Routes in Mesopotamia.
Appendix A - Information about Routes etc in the Rowanduz District by Abdullah Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , Hereditary Chief of Rowanduz and ex-official of the Turkish Government.
Appendix B - Information relating to Navigation etc of the Tigris between Mosul and Baghdad supplied by our Raftsmen.
The volume contains a Glossary of Arabic Terms used in the route descriptions and a map of Arabia with the routes marked on it.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (425 folios)
- Arrangement
Divided into three sections as outlined in the scope and content.
The file contains a contents page that lists all of the routes included on folios 6-13 and uses the original printed pagination system.
- Physical characteristics
Condition: A bound, printed volume.
Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Please note that f 424 is housed inside f 425.
Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- Title
- 'Routes in Arabia'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1:18, 1:644, 647:816, v-r:v-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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